Post Tagged with: "Deep Cuts"

by / on April 23, 2013 at 11:35 am / in Deep Cuts, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Exploring forgotten Journey gems like “Opened the Door,” “Daydream,” “Someday Soon”

In searching for forgotten gems from Journey, we left aside arena-filling efforts from Escape through Trial by Fire — which combined sold some 18 million copies. Been there, done that, right?

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by / on January 4, 2013 at 7:43 am / in Deep Cuts, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: A handful of forgotten gems from Toto

Brutally described in a review of their eponymous 1978 debut by Rolling Stone as pros with no poetry, the effortlessly polished and sleekly listenable Toto has been dismissed from the first.

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by / on December 31, 2012 at 8:04 am / in Deep Cuts, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Forgotten solo gems from the Beatles’ Ringo Starr

Affably difficult to dislike, yet seldom transcendent as a solo artist, Ringo Starr would become the only ex-Beatle who failed to earn an individual chart-topper in his native Britain. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t hidden moments to enjoy.

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by / on December 24, 2012 at 7:17 am / in Deep Cuts, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Forgotten Yes favorites from the post-1970s era

Anyone can recite, bass line and verse, their favorite moments from Yes’ seminal 1972 release Close to the Edge. Everybody knows about the mountains coming out of the sky, and how they stood there, too.

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by / on December 7, 2012 at 8:20 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: A handful of forgotten favorites from John Lennon

As the anniversary of John Lennon’s vicious murder looms on December 8, 2012, we didn’t return to his best-known hits — after all, there’ll be plenty of “Imagine,” “Watching the Wheels,” “#9 Dream” and Beatles favorites to go around.

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by / on October 26, 2012 at 12:43 pm / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: A handful of forgotten favorites from Pink Floyd

When excavating for deep cuts from Pink Floyd, you must first avoid Dark Side of the Moon which, after its decades-long run on the album charts, has a distinct air of been-there-done-that familiarity.

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by / on October 16, 2012 at 8:34 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: A handful of forgotten favorites from Paul McCartney

You’ve heard the hits, from the sublime (“Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Junior’s Farm,” “Band on the Run”) to the ridiculous (“Let ‘Em In,” “Ebony and Ivory,” the perfectly named “So Bad”). But what of those tucked-away gems by Paul McCartney?

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by / on May 3, 2012 at 7:03 am / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Forgotten gems from George Harrison

We were brought back to the late George Harrison this week with the release of Early Takes Volume 1, featuring 10 early outtakes and demos. The truth is, there is still much to discover about his solo work.

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by / on August 18, 2011 at 8:06 am / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Dash Rip Rock, "Endeavor" (1987)

Much of the soundtrack to my college years was set to the tune of Dash Rip Rock, one of Louisiana’s premier party bands. It’s unfortunate that every time I mention the band to someone not from Louisiana or the surrounding states, I’m usually met by a blank stare, or maybe a Flintstones or Beverly Hillbillies reference.

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by / on August 16, 2011 at 7:49 am / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

Deep Cuts: Spin Doctors, "Shinbone Alley/Hard to Exist" (1991, reissue)

You remember the Spin Doctors, right? A group of shaggy hairs who shot to superstardom as part of the whole tie-dyed H.O.R.D.E. of neohippies making fun-rock back in the 1990s.

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